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[–]ThisReality 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Both that kid's parents are trash. No kid should be put on puberty blockers or medically transitioned. And the father is a piece of work himself. This article comes out a little too heavily in favor of transing the kid but it's worth a read to get sides of the story the father tends to leave out.

https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/11/11/20955059/luna-younger-transgender-child-custody

I think "Luna" may be more gender-nonconforming than trans and should be allowed to wear a dress, have long hair, call himself Luna, but be left to make his own transition when he's of age. His parents need to back off and quit pushing him to choose between being male or female.

[–]weirdthorn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thanks for that. In other articles it's only mentioned that the father blocks therapy for the child, because he wouldn't be able to choose which therapist and he wants to homeschool. Both raised red flags for me and the stuff in the vox article is consitent with it. Poor kid. :(

[–]3MistersAndAMissy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I understand the reason to want to homeschool. It sounds like schools these days are big on ‘celebrating’ kids in transition. It’s great if that is what the kid actually wants but fhe issue is that if the kids isn’t trans or decides to desist, there is no more attention.

[–]zephyranthes 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not wanting his son ton go to a trans quack (and himself be bled dry by said trans quack, with no money for the legal battle) is a red flag? Not wanting his son to socialize as a girl and thus be locked into the eunuch pipeline is a red flag?

It's very hard to desist when you've been living a lie. He'll have to "come out" as a boy all over again and "betray" many, many adults who he thinks were exceptionally kind to him and made "personal sacrifices" to accommodate his life as a "girl". The longer the e-paper trail, the harder and more shameful it is; he won't be able to be James Younger either, he'd need the equivalent of witness protection. Adults are killing themselves over long-term lies potentally coming to light. What a brutal, senseless abuse of a child. If he were my child, I'd grab him and run to Ecuador.